Shearwaters and petrels (hereafter petrels) are highly adapted seabirds that occur across all
the world's oceans. Petrels are a threatened seabird group comprising 124 species. They …

Seabirds, with approximately 1 billion specimens, are the main exchangers of nutrients
between Terrestial and Marine Systems and they have become an emerging interest group …

Eggs of vertebrates contain steroid hormones of maternal origin that may influence offspring
performance. Recently, it has been shown that glucocorticoids, which are the main …

Yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis populations have been studied on three archipelagos
consisting of 20 islands distributed along 80 km of the French Mediterranean coastline …

In recent decades, the Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) has become a problematic
species in many Mediterranean countries, mainly because it interferes with human interests …

Culls are being performed in many yellow‐legged gull Larus cachinnans colonies in the
Mediterranean region, but little is known of their effects on this species. Between 1992 and …

It is assumed that predators mainly prey on substandard individuals, but even though some
studies partially support this idea, evidence with large sample sizes, exhaustive analysis of …

The yellow-legged gull is an opportunistic and generalist bird that has colonised urban
areas, where it has found very favourable trophic resources but also causes disturbance to …

The increasing urbanisation of the natural environment affects species differently. While
most species cannot cope with these human impacts, others can persist or may even be …

Culling is widely practised as a means to reduce predation effects of terrestrial carnivores,
birds and marine mammals in many parts of the world. Of marine mammals, coastal …